What does “separation of church and state” really mean? Does it preclude pastors from speaking about political issues from the pulpit? Not if you look at history and the Constitution! On this edition of BreakPoint This Week, John Stonestreet welcomes author and teacher, Dr. Glenn Sunshine and Pastor Jim Garlow to clarify matters and prepare us for Pulpit Freedom Sunday on October 7.

More than 1,000 pastors are planning to challenge the IRS next month by deliberately preaching politics ahead of the presidential election despite a federal ban on endorsements from the pulpit.

The defiant move, they hope, will prompt the IRS to enforce a 1954 tax code amendment that prohibits tax-exempt organizations, such as churches, from making political endorsements. Alliance Defending Freedom, which is holding the October summit, said it wants the IRS to press the matter so it can be decided in court. The group believes the law violates the First Amendment by “muzzling” preachers.

In a report regarding “The Response,” a prayer event attended by approximately 35,000 persons in Houston, Texas’ Reliant Stadium on Saturday, Aug 6, 2011, CBS National News carried a story which showed Jim Garlow (Skyline Church’s Senior Pastor and Chairman of Renewing American Leadership) along with his wife Carol at approximately 1 minute and 44 second into the report. At about 1 minute and 57 seconds into the report, Dr. Jim Garlow is interviewed briefly. Click here to view the clip.